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OPINION

Letters: No way to fix Michigan’s roads

Published 4:06 p.m. ET April 30, 2015

AP Michigan spends less per driver on roads than any other state according to a state Transportation Department review. A car drives by a pothole in Detroit. The state House's vote to slowly raise gas taxes over time has senators asking: Is it enough to fix Michigan's deteriorating roads? AP FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2014 file photo a car drives by a pothole in Detroit. The state House's vote to slowly raise gasoline taxes over time if prices increase has senators asking: Is it enough to fix Michigan's deteriorating roads? Talks are underway on whether lawmakers can capitalize on voter anger over shoddy roads and commit to a much higher tax increase, phased in over a handful of years. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)(Photo: AP)

I understand we need repairs to our roads but this is not the way! Think about the older folks that no longer drive and are having a hard time making ends meet as it is. They make it sound like it will not cost that much but do the math and with all the other increases a lot of folks just can’t make it.

There are to many monies that will be coming out of this tax increase that we don’t know about. Where has all the money gone that was suppose to be for roads probably the same place the tax increase money will go. Don’t pass this increase it’s not the right thing to do!